Exposure and characterization of nano-structured hole arrays in tapered photonic crystal fibers using a combined FIB/SEM technique

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2005-10-31

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Gibson, Bradley K
Huntington, Shane T
Rubanov, S
Olivero, P
Digweed-Lyytikainen, K
Canning, J
Love, John

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Optical Society of America

Abstract

This paper presents a technique to expose and characterize nano-structured hole arrays in tapered photonic crystal fibers. Hole array structures are examined with taper outer diameters ranging from 12.9 μm to 1.6 μm. A combined focused ion beam milling and scanning electron microscope system was used to expose and characterize the arrayed air-silica structures. Results from this combined technique are presented which resolve hole-to-hole pitch sizes and hole diameters in the order of 120 nm and 60 nm, respectively.

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fiber optics, lasers, carbon dioxide, fiber characterization, fiber optics imaging, scanning microscopy

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Optics Express 13.22 (2005): 9023-9028

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Optics Express

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